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Bit of a stretch to call the Atlantic left-wing. Their editorial line in the 2000s was right behind Dubya's War on Terror and highly critical of the anti-war movement, and neocons like David Frum have long been part of the writing team. They've only ever endorsed three presidential candidates - one of whom was Abraham Lincoln - and the other two, LBJ and Hillary, were given the nod purely because their Republican opponents (Goldwater and Trump respectively) were morally beyond the pale.

Either way, this isn't about persuading the red-capped droolers who pray every night for Jesus to save God-Emperor Trump. You can't reason people out of a position they didn't arrive at through reason. It's about giving now-disillusioned 2016 Republican voters an excuse to stay at home, and 2016 stay-at-homers a reason to climb off the fence.